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Digital Citizenship - What is it and how can you help reinforce it?!?

Digital citizenship refers to responsible use of technology when engaging with society. Here's a short video definition from Common Sense Education. Click this link for video lessons organized by grade level that you can share with your student to create a positive culture around distance learning.

How can you better support your student

Check in with them daily by asking questions like...
- How are you feeling?
- What are you thinking about?
- What's one great thing that happened today?
- What's one thing that happened today that made you feel not so great?
Stay Organized and Practice a Routine
- It's important that students have a place to keep all their school stuff together, always keeping things in the same place helps the brain build connections, not to mention less things go missing. Perhaps creating a "school zone" at home where all things school live would be helpful!
- Check Dolphin folder daily
- On in-person days, be sure to ONLY send what is needed to school with your student (keep the rest of the stuff at home in the "school zone")
- Try to help your student become used to doing school during "school hours" regardless of whether they are in-person or distance learning, this way their body will become accustomed to the routine of school.
Communicate with your students' teacher if something isn't working, you're confused about expectations, or you/your student have questions.
Take BREAKS, often!
- The recommendation for screen time usage is 20-20-20: Every 20 minutes, look at something at least 20 feet away, for 20 seconds.
- Get outside as much as possible!
- Try some yoga, breathing, or mindfulness exercises to help lower stress levels.
Know that we are all in this together, and we will get through it!

Helpful Links To Try With Your Child

Go Zen - 50 ideas on how to calm down (This would be a great thing to print and have next to their workspace at home).

CASEL (The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) - Great resource for parent's for all things SEL.

Random Acts of Kindness - Ideas for how to encourage, practice, and spread kindness.

Edutopia SEL - A Parent's Resource Guide to Social and Emotional Learning

EdSurge - 10 Ways Parents Can Bring Social-Emotional Learning Home

Helping Ninjas - Strive to encourage our youth how they can make a positive impact on their surroundings, learning how to help others, and respect the planet and humanity.

Go Noodle - A website that allows for brain/movement breaks ranging from 2-20 minute. There are different channels such as Kidz Bop, Meditation, P.E., etc., and serve as a great resource to break up the school day and to get your body moving!

Cosmic Kids Yoga - Youtube channel with various yoga videos set to theme of many popular kids stories. Great for a brain break or a bit of exercise.

Hot Chocolate Talk - Strategies to talk with your child about sexual abuse.